Where does “menudo” come from?
menudo (Cebuano) comes from Spanish menudo, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.
menudo (Cebuano): to sell the smaller contents of an item...
Definitions
- to sell the smaller contents of an item...
Ancestry of “menudo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | menudo | what a; small, tiny; insignificant |
| 2 | Latin | minūtus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | minwō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |